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WARNINGS AGAINST ANARCHY
MINISTERS SAY THE XATIOX IS FACING ITS WORST
FOE.
TIIK ARCHBISHOP IX TEARS.
SOLEMN HIGH MASS TO BE SUNG IX ALL
CATHOLIC CHURCHES ON
THURSDAY.
A solemn high mass will be Fung In all the
Catholic churches in the diocese of New-York on
Thursday morning In memory of President Me-
Kinley. Archbishop Corrigan will to-day issue an
order to all the rectors in the diocese calling for
a proper observance of the funeral. The time
for holding services is left to the discretion of
the clergy. Mass will be celebrated at the
Cathedral. Fiftieth-^, and Fifth-aye.. at 10
o'clock.
St. Patrick's Cathedral was crowded yesterday
morning at high mass on account of the ex
pectation that the sermon would be devoted to
the life of the late President. There were no
decorations in the church, but on the exterior,
hanging on the Fifth-aye. side, a large Ameri
can flag was suspended from the roof.
Archbishop Corrigan occupied the throne
during the mass, but did not take part In the
service. He seemed to be strongly affected at
times, and while the Rev. M. J. Lavelle was
preaching the sermon and spoke feelingly of
McKinley, the Archbishop could plainly be seen
sobbing. Most of the time, however, he was in
prayer.
The celebrant of the mass was the Rev. Henry
T. Newey. The deacon was the Rev. Marcus D.
Dwyer. and the subdeacon the Rev. T. F. Mur
phy. The master of ceremonies was the Rev.
T. F. My nan.
Father Lavelle devoted his entire sermon to
the life of President McKinley, and his words
received the closest attention. He first read
the open letter of the Archbishop to the clergy
in his diocese asking for prayers for the late
President, praising the latter'e virtues and con
demning anarchy. Father Lavelle then said:
These words of our Archbishop express as com
plete as words can the sentiment of the American
people In general and the Catholics as well on this
flay of national sorrow. I say as well as words can.
because on occasions of this kind the very best
wcr.is seem hollow and meaningless compared with
the depth and vast significance that stirs the heart
of the nation. William McKinley was one whose
name, even If misfortune had not overtaken him.
would have gone down to posterity as one of the
greatest Presidents of the United States. This is
conceded by all. those who opposed him politically
as well. He was really the Idol of the nation. We
ell voted for him either directly or indirectly. If
we voted for his opponent we did so for the prin
ciple, not for the man. as no one had a better char
acter than William McKinley.
He was a statesman who has left an Indelible Im
pression upon the history of this country and of
the world, and before he was President the name
of William McKinley was better known outside of
the United States and throughout the world than
any other American. He was a man of large faith
in God and of deep religious cense. He was devoid
of bigotry. During two summers spent away from
Washington he spent his vacation at Lake Cham
plain. in the immediate vicinity of the Catholic
Bummer School, and the courtesy and kindliness
he showed ¦was such as to bring him nearer to the
hearts of all people there and make him seem as
If he was one of them.
"Justice will be done." That was the principal
guiding star of his life: the aim and object that
f purred him on to his duty. Well does he deserve a
nation's tears end gratitude. Does it not see.m
strange that a life so noble, a life without stain,
at which the voice of calumny was never once
lifted, should find an enemy capable of destroying
the vital spark?
Father Lavelle then referred to anarchism
and to the writings of Pope Leo XIII on the
subject. At this time Archbishop Corrigan
¦bowed his deep emotion and kept his hand
kerchief pressed to his eyes for some time. In
•i-eekliig of anarchists the Rev. Mr. Lav-lie
¦Hi - -
* These misguided creatures sometimes pretend to
find a root of their false doctrines In the Scriptures
themselves. Anarchy Is as impossible as that five
Is equal to two. We trace the beginning of this
inequality In God Himself. In our family, where
the father and mother must be the head, this man,
the anarchist, gets over the difficulty by destroy
ing the family. If we wish to prevent a renewal of
the calamity which we mourn to-day It is only
through stronger faith in God. That is the bul
wark of society and of this nation. You have no
ticed in the morning papers that the. new Presi
dent has issued a proclamation, asking the people
to assemble in their places of worship on next
Thursday and pray for our Illustrious dead. In ac
cordance with that proclamation, our reverend
Archbishop has set aside that day for services in
this diocese. A special mass will be held in the
Cathedral at 10 o'clock, and I beg all of you who
can to come and pray with your hearts for this
noble, true man. whom we have lost.
May we come to that service with the thought
that the holy sacrifice may go up to God, asking
for n»w strength for our people and for the un
blemished hero who has gone asking for the new
President strength, health and God's spirit, so
that they may aid him In the proper discharge of
his duties, and that never again in our history
may we find that the head of our nation has been
lal3 low by anarchy. jealousy or any other passion.
IN THE ORANGE CHURCHES.
Oranpe, Sept. 15 (Special).— ln all the churches
ban reference : w.-.«> made to the great sorrow of
th» nation. At All Saints' Episcopal Church It was
announced that a mass of requiem would be said
to-morrow morning at 7:30 for the repose of the
soul of the late President, and also on Thursday at
the same hour. \ : - .
The Rev. C. C. Caswell preached on the text
"Weep not." He said, among other things, that
William McKinley was a martyr to the cause of
good government and that his terrible and tragic
death might be. in the providence of God. a blessing
In disguise, if It aroused a spirit that would clear
the anarchists out of the country and render Im
possible in future such murderous assaults.
At the First Presbyterian Church the pulpit and
platform were- heavily draped with black. Tho
orpanist. Giuseppe Dinelli. played Chopin's funeral
march, and the pastor, the Rev. Charles Townsend.
ra.-hed a sermon on "Anarchy and Anarchists."
It. which he denounced them and their methods in
unsparing terms.
At Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, of East
Orange, this evening the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Fred
erick Clare Baldwin, preached on the subject. "A
Tribute to the Memory of William McKinley." in
which he eulogized him and sketched with a free /
hand his many virtues and the wise and con
servative administration that he had given the
country.
At St. John's Roman Catholic Church, the rector,
the Rev. H. P. Fleming, made a feeling address m
reference to the great national sorrow. euloKlzlng
the late President's many' virtues. Special prayers
were said after the low masses, and after the high
mass the litany of the saints was sung.
GOV. STONE TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Harrisburg. Pern., Sept. 15. — Governor Stone has
sent the following telegram to President Roosevelt
at Buffalo:
Deeply deploring the great calamity which has
<Jeprivf-d us of one of the best Presidents that
this country has ever had. earnestly hoping that
th* curse of anarchism may be speedily lifted from
our land by the passage of wise and effective laws,
sympathizing with you In the great responsibility
which has' so suddenly and ¦ unexpectedly- fallen
upon you, hoping that your administration may
be distinguished by the great ability, tact and
(rood Judgment which have so characterized your
predecessor, I hasten ! to assure you of the con
tinuance of that lecasat, loyal support which in
'>'-¦¦ and In war' the oeople of Pennsylvania have
tvf-r given to the President of the United States.
WILLIAM A. STONE, Governor.
KO CHANGE IN POLICY OF GOVERNMENT.
Detroit. Sept. 15.— "Do' you think that Colonel
Roosevelt's -cession to the Presidency will
change the policy of the government very much?"
"'¦ ' aM;ed of ex-Secretary of "War Alger. He re-
PUed:
1' see no *...„! reason for believing that it will.
t - ont?r< ' 8s makes the policies of our government,
and not the President. The changing of til- in
cumbent of the President's chair, its the change
11 made now. 1- not of very great importance, be
c.acs **, the policy of the government at the present
tim<3 is dependent on no one man.
President Roosevelt. 1 am entirely satisfied. Is
'*?«? to all of the responsibilities of the great
o.nce to which he has I,—  so unexpectedly ele
vated, and while he has been a pretty aggressive
public ma i. In the past, he will make a connerva
t.ve Chief Executive of the nation. In the natural
court* of »vent« we may look for some important
cliariKes in the heads of departments, but - the
policy of the the heads of will unchanged,
»n my judgment. w ' lu *- •;-"' unchanged,
Speaking of his long personal acquaintance with
Pr*Bldent McKinley, General Alger said:
tlnn 1 "' «J IKII K1 ? ley was never, by reason of his posi
of t'hfnX! 1? co ' r ' ing "the" to his point of view
of thing*. JHv p.-rsuHßlon alone he would try to
w 2 r,^ L " m ,v" r " v "' 1 ,to hta-way of thinking. He
y^Mi™ , thoutf '' in '" "pinions, and. without
liol 5 Mi" y ******* he would. In his dlacus
«on s of public matter, coming before him arjrue
tod 1/er.uade. rather than try to drive
DR DIX WEEPS IX SERMON.
OVKRCOMK BY GRIEF WHILE PLACING
M'KINLFA' WITH WASHINGTON
AND LINCOLN AT OIJJ
TRINITY.
The Episcopal churches throughout the city
will hold special services on Thursday morning.
Bishop Potter is out of town, and has as yet
issued no order. He is expected to return to the
See house. No. 29 Lafayette Place, on Tuesday
morning, when he will take suitable action.
In historic old Trinity yesterday morning the
Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, before a congregation
that filled every availabe seat and overflowed in
the aisles, delivered a sermon that was a
eulogy of the virtues and statesmanship of the
late President William McKinley. After de
nouncing the crime Dr. Dlx severely arraigned
anarchy as a danger which would destroy mod
ern civilization, and recommended that action
be taken to suppress it. In the liturgical part
of the service which preceded the sermon the
President's favorite hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light,
was sung. Dr. Dlx spoke, in part, as follows:
Men and brethren, eye to eye. hand to hand art
to heart we face each other now crying \\ <>c is
me!" Woe for the common grief, woe worth the day
and the tidings which it brings of destruction,
desolation, death and violence lording it over us alii
We are one In our distress at the last calamity and
national affliction, in horror at an unspeakable
crime. And so suddenly has the blow been dealt
that there has been no time to search for the words
which one might wish to speak. Two things surely
aro filling our thoughts to-day. We are looking at
the man; we are looking at the crime. As for the
man, hi- warmest friends, his greatest admirers,
could have asked for him no more brilliant apothe
osis. Estimates have varied of him his ability, his
work. But millions have been praying as men sel
dom pray that his life might be precious in the
sight of God: and far beyond our borders, and
widely through foreign lands, others Innumerable,
our brethren in a common humanity, have been on
their knees pleading for his life. This tells the
story of his character his acts, his greatness; the
general consent of the wide world, from which there
can be no appeal.
Our President was a great man In the highest
sense in which that adjective can be applied. I am
not speaking as a publicist, nor analyzing a political
career; there is room for difference of Judgment
there; but there are other matters upon which we
are all agreed. What Is it to find in the highest
place among us a m.in devout and faithful In his
Christian profession, modest, culm, capable; a pat
tern of the domestic virtues, an example of right
living? Has not the public, the great American
nation, taken in the beauty first of that good,
honest, loyal life? Is It not for tnis that the man
has been beloved and mourned throughout our fam
ilies and our homes?
What makes the Christian gentleman to begin
with but simplicity and sincerity of life, courteous
manners, dislike of pride and ostentation, abhor
rence of display and vulgar show? So have we
thought first of this man, and then we have fol
lowed his life through Its varied phases. We have
seen the quiet student, the soldier, the legislator,
the executive officer; and, looking on. our admiration
has jjrown more and more. We have seen him
chosen by a vast popular movement to be the chief
magistrate of the nation; we have scanned his
conduct and acts during four years, among the
most critical in the nation's history, and as the
result of such scrutiny in the broadest light that
could be thrown upon his path, and under the
severest criticism to which a public man can be
subjected, we have seen him re-elected to his great
office by a larger vote than ever amid the acclama
tion of the people and to the confusion of his
adversaries.
All this have we seen. And then we have said:
"In this system of ours we do not ask for a man
who shall make and control, but for a man who
shall wisely guide, oversee, direct: a man who
catches the spirit of the age. who knows the signs
of the times, who interprets movements, and In his
Bound Judgment shapes their course." looking at
the last four years, more full of vital Issues to the
nation than any since the days of Abraham Lincoln,
we have seen wonderful things. A nation passing
on from small to great, from narrow places to
broad, the horizon enlarging nil the while, the
nation attaining its majority, the world looking on
with amazement, great questions put and answered
well, great principles settled, great deeds done for
freedom and clarifying of evil, and Instruction in
sound views of government; one great, grand, for
ward, upward movement, dazzling the eyes and
charming the senses and klndlln* hope. And at
the head of all this a man— not an If he were the
author of these things, but certainly the wise,
prudent, earnest leader: such a leader as Provi
dence we believe, must have raised for that par
ticular work and' inclined us to put in that position.
That was the man. .
And up to Friday, September 6, that was the
scene presented by our happy and highly favored
land— a land blessed and contented, at peace and
secure; never before so prosperous, never yet so
honored abroad, never yet so hopeful, so confident;
marching on Its splendid path to greater things.
And always at the head that good citizen, that
earnest patriot, that wise head, that warm, affec
tionate heart, that friendly, fearless instance of the
best that our American civilization has yet brought
I forth to help and cheer; trusted by a great people;
i strong, able, healthful, with his friends about him
! and the light of the coming years in front. That
j was the fate of the people, and that was their will,
and according to all ldnns the will of the people Is
the law of the land, and he who gainsays Is the
I enemy of the sovereign people. So stood matters a
1 week ago last Friday.
And now what shall we say?
The crime; what was It? that high treason
against the sovereign people of these United States?
i Let us compare crime with crime, and we shall see
i in this the worst of all we have ever known, the
| worst, the most outrageous ever committed In this
i land.
After reviewing the assassination of Garfield
and Lincoln, Dr. Dlx continued:
But there was worse to come. And It has come,.
Something else; something new among us; not new
i elsewhere, alas! but new in this land supposed to
' be a land of freemen, the refuge for the oppressed,
i the home of the higher and better civilization.
j Right In the path on which the great nation is ad
j vancing stands the most horrid spectre by which
social order has yet been confronted. A shadow has
fallen on the road, blacker than any shadow of
i death. Be the individual who he may that happens
i to represent this new foe. he is of very little conse
quence compared with the motive which inspired
• his act. This spectre to-day announced as its aim
i and end the total destruction of modern civiliza
tion, the overthrow of all law, of all governments,
of restraint of any kind on the private Individual
win. And the fatal blow of Friday. September 6
j was dealt at the Chief Magistrate of the United
I States by a believer in that .system and in exact ac-
I cordance with its well known principles.
And that lends the real horror to the act and
j gives its double horror to the crime It Is not a
i crime like other crimes; It is not one with which
I we are familiar. And our hearts sink at th
; thought that we are now at length face to face
j with this infernal propaganda, and have felt in the
merciless butchery of our great and good Presi
i dent the first taste of more to come, unless God
grants the wisdom and teaches the wav to defend
j our lives.
Next to the anguish of the hour which has made
: strong men weep like children and melted hearts
| at th« cruel desolation of a pure and loving home
comes the dread engendered of a doubt as to the
will and power of the nation to savo Its own life
whether there Is force enough among us to rise
: and lay strong hold on this monster now distinct
ly revealed and upon us, in the murderous attack
I on the noblest and best In the land. Already we,
j are beginning to hear it said that the people are
; rallying from the blow; that the first alarm is over
that all are recovering courage: that finance wili
soon flow again' In Its usual channels: that ire shall
go forward once more In the pursuit of arts and
; the ordinary vocations of the time. Yes, all this
¦ is well, but will the nation fail to net as a great
i nation should, to deal as It ought to do with the
most deadly foe that It has or over can have?
j For If this foe prevails, the nation, the state, the
i law, the government will disappear forever and
ever. Are we to forget what has thrown us into
this present mourning, and these tears? Are we
to lapse into a fatal apathy, and let the preach
| ing of murder and inciting to murder and the ap
, plauding of murder go on as before? Are the laws
; still to protect the very persons who hate and de
j test them and are banded together for the over
throw of society? It seems to me that the most
solemn Issue of the hour is as to what we have to
do who remain— whether we ore equal to the oc
casion. Are we now to fall back before this enemy
the last and most dangerous we have ever encoun
i tered or ever shall, and let things drift from bad
j to worse, In new htetajnnp* of p nn<=s'on which
spares not one life that stands In its way.
There is .a great deal to be said of the national
sins which have led to such national Judßrn^nts as
we have felt and are feeling now of the falling
away from religious standards, of the loss of faith
of growing luxury and sin. of the decline In morals
and piety which Invite the ludements of heaven;
of the Indifference to law. the loss of respect for
authority. the habit of rallinnr at and writing on
public men nnd telling lies about them, such as
I that gross one heard not lone- ago that our Presi
| dent was a traitor and would fain overthrow oar
republican and democratic government— for these
thlnp<« there will be t'me to «=neak later, but to
day I cannot speak of more than these two —
man and the crime.
. And mo l»»Tf w» the Thrived and honored Presi
dent to his rest and his future glory; for certalnlv
his name will shine magnificently among those of
tbe Greatest of the lives Immortal— with those of
Wsshlneton and Lincoln: great for the way in
which he guided the country thrown a mlKhty
crisis in Its fortunes: «Teat in bis closing words,
great In his constant thought for others, great In
hi« submission to the will ¦of God— greatest per
haps in that deathbed srene. so perfectly nccord
ant with the precepts of the Gosp*l and the ex
ample of his Saviour. (HerA Dr. Dix became so
after** that he nobbed audibly.) ¦ I •
The Rev Dr. Dlx made t^e announcement that
on Thursday, the day- of thefuneral. a T.itnny
service will be held at noon, and, that another ser
vice wl'l be held In the afternoon of the same day,
when the offices of the dead.wlU b« reA/L
NEW- YORK DAILY TKTBT^NE. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 16. 1901.
FROM OTHER PF'LPfTS.
METHODIST CHURCHES.
The Rev. J. O. WILSON, at St. Andrew's Methodist
Episcopal Church— American anarchy is the
most infernal anarchy of all. For four rea
sons—because of our form of government, be
cause no other country offers a man such a
chance to rise, either socially or politically: be
cause every man of us is a ruler among men or
a maker of rulers; because even when liberty is
prostituted into licenses we make no inter
ference. If we have not a law that will hang
the anarchist who attempts to kill his victim—
and that without any lengthy formality—
ought to have, and will. If we have no law to
imprison professional anarchists for life, we
ought to have such a law, and will. There
must be an end of anarchy. Emma Goldman
and her kind should be imprisoned for life at
hard labor, and the murderer and his kind
should be hanged Immediately. Czolgosz is
worse than Booth, the assassin of Abraham
Lincoln. Booth shot Lincoln because of a per
sonal ambition. He is also worse than Guiteau,
who shot Garfield. He was a disappointed of
flceseeker. Czolgosz is » worse than Judas Is
carlot. They were alike In this, both were
traitors. Judas kissed his victim: Czolsosz
made the impression that he desired to shake
the President's hand. They were both hypo
crites, but McKinley's murderer was the worse.
He intended to kill his victim. Judas was sorry
his treachery was responsible for Christ cru
cifixion. Czolgosz is glad his bullet proved fatal.
The Master once called Judas a devil. What
would he call this monster in human form?
May the law speedily put an end to him and
all his kind.
The Rev. Dr. LOUIS ALBERT BANKS. in Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church, West One-hundred
and-fourth-st.—We can stop letting anarchist
emigrants land on American soil. That would be
a good beginning. We can hunt out the nests
of these human vipers that are already here,
and stop the schools of anarchy. It should be
made a crime to teach either in public speech
or printed newspaper, or tract or book, the
doctrines of assassination. When King Hum
bert of Italy was murdered we knew that the
assassin went from Paterson. N. J.. to do it.
And yet. we let that hotbed of anarchy go on
until McKinley was stricken down. We ought
to have waked up when King Humbert was
killed. Now that it has come close home to us,
heaven grant that we may learn wisdom. It
must he understood in this country that free
speech and free press are the inheritance of
the people so long as men speak and print what
Is decent and wholesome. But the moment they
utter or print what Is destructive to public
morals or what stirs up Ignorant or degraded
spirits to assassination, they have overstepped
the limits of true liberty.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES.
The Rev. Dr. GEORGE T. PI T RVKS. at the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church— feel that
It is a source of shame that such a deed should
have been committed on American soil, and that
it should have been committed even In the name
of liberty: that with our Institutions, a crime
should have bet^i committed here which It would
seem could have been done only in the darkest
place* of the world. We grieve for the man.
All discussions as to questions of policy are
stilled now. We had learned to love him. We
knew of his bravery on the battlefield, of his
career In the halls of legislation, of his services
as the representative of his State and of the
nation. We knew also of his beautiful domestic
love. Yet there are some things for which we
may give sincere expression of our thankfulness.
Our government remains absolutely unaffected,
and we behold the splendid spectacle of the
absolute stability of our Institutions even at the
moment when the head of the republic falls.
For this we as Americans should be thankful.
There is no possibility of dangerous shock even
when the enemies of society strike, as they
think, at the vitals of the republic. Anarchy
may shake Its shrivelled fist In the face of law
and order, but It will accomplish no more than
If it shook Its puny hand at the solar system.
The Rev. Dr. HOWARD AGNEW JOHNSTON, In
the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church —
Men who remember fifty years back have said
that never before has the death of a Chief Mag
istrate caused such profound and universal sor
row. In the time of Lincoln, sectional feeling
was great. There was strife. Garfield had only
entered upon his administration when he was
killed, but McKinley had done much to bind
the nation together. He had broken down all
feeling of sectionalism. He had united cur
people in love. Though dead. President Mc-
Klnlny has his place secure. Not only la he
beloved and honored In the hearts of the people,
but In the history of the nation. No student
of history who measures national events will
hesitate to say that his 13 the third great name
in the list of Presidents.
The Rev. Dr. T. S. HAM LIN. In the Madison
Square Presbyterian Church — No more beauti
ful tribute could lie ij.ald to our late President
than the fact that hla death hua fallen upon
the nation and upon us all us a great personal
sorrow. Not Hlnce tho death of Abraham Lin
coln have we been affilcte-l with Buca grief,
not only for the man, but for the nation. Ah
to the man on whom the mantle of the Presi
dent has now fallen, nothing but the highest
can be said. We are grateful that the power
has passed into hands not Inexperienced With
publlo affairs- not unfitted for the Presi
dency. ' I
Th» Rev. Dr. DAVID G. WYLIE. In the Scotch
Presbyterian Church — We are too Dear the
tragic event to estimate properly President Me-
Klnl-y's character. Sinking all political senti
ments, however, we may use the words of King
David, and apply them to tho twenty-fifth Presi
dent of the United States: "Know ye not that
there is a prince and a treat man fallen this
day in Israel"" Possibly, it Is unwise to prophe
sy, but if I mistake not, In the enmtng years
when men have had time to properly estimate
his services to America and to the world, the
name of William McKinley will be closely as
sociated with those of Washington and Lincoln
— an Immortal triumvirate.
ROMAN' CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
The Rev. Father DUCKY, at St. Leo's Roman
Catholic Church -The act of the assassin,
which we sincerely deplore, was but an evil
manifestation of terrible social conditions. More
than a million of the people of this city are
obliged to live In foul tenements, and !0 it
cent of this number yearly go to nameless
graves. Destitution Is the gieattst cause 01
drunkenness and crime. These conditions can
not be corrected by violence and hatred, but
rather by practical evidences of the brother
hood of man. Let us hope that the President's
last words, coming as an echo from eternity,
may aid In destroying selfishness and in bring
ing about the thorough return to the simpler
days of the nation, when character and Intel
lect, rather than gold, were worshipped.
BAPTIST CHURCHES.
The Rev. Dr. M. R. MOSS. ML Olivet Baptist
Church— ln Mr. McKinley we mourn not only a
President, but a friend and a brother. The
presidential chair seems to be brought lower to
day than ever before. We are all Joined in our
common grief for this great man, this eminent
statesman, this worthiest citizen of the United
States. McKinley. Garfleld, Lincoln, they were
all princes among mankind. The cruel bullet
laid low Lincoln; the cruel bullet laid low Gar
f«eld; the cruel bullet has laid low William Mc-
Klnley. A fresh name Is added to the mem
orable list. Memories of those- who have gone
before crowd upon us as we sit In the shadow
of death caused by that brutal assassin who in
his godless Ignorance cut short that eminent
life. I knew McKinley well. a sweeter spirit l
never met. I never met a man of such a power
ful and attractive personality. Ido not recollect
such another; so genial; so kindly: so upright.
On his knees at morning and at night. No won
der the fat"her of the girl he won for his wife
said to him once: "1 see a man In your face.
a genuine man." For the perpetrator of this deed
1 have only pity. He was but a representative
of the humanity which has made of some lives
a hell. That man was not born well. There was
something abnormal In his character. Drifts
ami forces had been placed there by heredity.
There are men and women who/marry to-day
who should be sent over to Hlackv.-eH's Island.
Criminal forces, the criminal forces which are
at the bottom of such a crime as this, will never
be exterminated by the police. The force which
is to exterminate it must come from underneath.
The Rev. Dr. R. S. MAi'AHTHt'R. In Calvary
Baptist Church— Anarchy la of Satan. Anarchy
Is a state of society without government, with
out law and without authority. It is a condi
tion in which society cant ot exist. The class
of anarchists known as communists shrink
from no form of violence by which they could
attain their end. They are the deadly foes of
all social order. They ought to be driven from
every land and made to live, on a lone Island.
They live here protected by the very laws they
defy. But for these laws, many of them would
have been torn to nieces within the last week
Law Is of God, but anarchy Is of Satan. The
American nation to-day sit with heads bowed
In sorrow and hearts uplifted In prayer. The
most beloved President we have ever had in
office and the foremost man of the. world lies
dead, foully murdered by the hand of an as
sassin. We may well comfort our hearts In the
midst of our grief, because, While the Presi
dent died, the President lives. The machinery
of the government Is equal to the strain of
this terrible assassination. President Roose
velt needs and will have our prayers, our sym
pathies and our loyal support, but he comes
to the office well nonlpped for Its high honors
and vast responsibilities. By birth, by educa
tion and by varied experiences In public life,
he has been in training for the last twenty
years for the great place he now fills. Be has
honored (Very position to which he has been
called by the vote of the people or by appoint
ment of the government.
EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
The Rev. Dr. WILLIAM R. HUNTINGTON. at
Grace Church. Broadway and Tenth st. "The
land mourneth" (Joel 1. 10). That was spoken
of a little land; to-day it Is true of a large land
not dreamed of then. Our leader has fallen; our |
foremost man is pertn^e^i; our President is i:e.io.
And yet it is an hour for thankfulness as well
as mourning, because religion Is stronger in
America to-day for this death, because of the
gracious words that fell from the lips of the
stricken man. More Influential for the popular
wellbeing than even that significant and sue
gestive speech will be the President's simple
sentence "Let no one hurt him." It may be
made more helpful in the crusade against lynch
law than any learned citation or labored argu
ments. When next the temptation comes to
BOOM Infuriated mob to shoot, or burn, or
strangle some untried, unjudged object of sus
picions let some one In the crowd, in clear
tones repeat the words now made tenfold more
significant by the seal death has set upon them,
and depend upon It. there will be maple In the
cry." "Let no one hurt hJial" it U clear that a
.'on^prtf-d effort 1s nn foot In this country and
!n Europe to t> r.-oriz- nation >:. ': To throw or
traniz-,1 so. :¦¦". ii ;,,  state nf panic. It caMOt
possibly succeed. Though t hundred Presidents
were to meet violent deaths in quick succession,
at the dictation of half cr;t/.«-<l c..»i:.-j.'i: .it->rs. the
"Government of the people, by the people and
for the people" would not be permitt^i to p.-rish
from the earth. Revise the UttSslgrattOa stat
utes, say some. Tea. and if we can weave a
web that will keep the enemies of the human
race outside lot us do It; but W4 must MM suffer
ourselves to forget tha.t every one at the ;hre.»
assassasins who have stained the annals of the
Presidency with blood, notw'i hs;an<iir.g the for
eign names of two of them, were American born
and American bred. To the high ortico just va
cated by death a young man has been called.
Rally around him, fellow Am mans, as patriots,
and not partisans, now, when he is just bending
himself to his «reat task. Uelieve the best
things of him; expect good, and not evil; honor
him with your confidence and help him by your
prayers.
The Rev. Dr. HENRY MOTTKT. at the Church
of the Holy Communion — The President Is flrart.
but the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. The
assassin may strike at and take the life of the
great head of the nation, but he is powerless
to touch the life of the people. The government
of the republic is so well established that even
a calamity so great as this cannot shake Its
foundations or imperil its perpetuity. Prosperity
of the whole land, commercially and financially.
Is so phenomenal that this Mow cannot touch
the weal of the people. The new President,
Theodore Roosevelt, is so well known as a man
of uprightness and wisdom, of loyalty and de
votion, that the whole nation hails him to-ilay
with hushed reverence and allegiance, bidding
him a hearty God speed as he assume* the
helm of the Ship of State. God watch over and
protect him. As the chief of a nation of seventy
five millions and in answer to their prayers,
may it be civen him from on high to perceive
and know what ho ought to do. and may God
vouchsafe him the grace and power faithfully
to fulfil the same. This day the nation, and
with It the whole civilized world, mourns the
!c' j s of a mnn who stands as a superb type of
the best Americanism. He mi first and fore
most from his youth up a sincere man of God.
He loved righteousness nnd he hated iniquity.
In his private life he was spotless. As a hus
band he was matchless. In his contacts with
mankind he was always true, simple, easy of
approach. .Even his greatness of position never
spoiled him* as a man beloved of the people. As
a patriot who fought In the Civil War, as a
member of Congress for sixteen years, and as
the Governor of Ohio his record is that of a
citizen who re ilized nnd felt the, responsibility
of citizenship, and who lived always as though
God were ever visibly face to face with him.
The grief and the sorrow which to-day fill every
home of the lajid, as though each of us had lost
a father or brother, are the finest attest of the
people's estimate of him.
The Rev. W. MONTAGUS OEKH. In St. Paul's
1 'hapel — Our President, representing in his per
son every citizen in this great republic, has been
shot at the post of duty. Kvery loyal citizen
has a sense of burning shame and feels in
sulted and outraged, somewhat as If an at
tempt had been made on his own life. We
know that the dastardly act of the assassin was
not the work simply of an unbalanced mind, of
an Irresponsible person, the act of an esc.,]i.-.l
lunatic. Even were this so, the affliction might
still stand to us for the punishment of God for
our sins as a people; one man. our most promi
nent, our best, dylns: hecause of the sins of
the people. But we know from what the n-t
sassln hns said that he made himself the repre
sentative of a school of thought in this and
Other countries, and claimed to he the ex
pression of that theory which would do away
with all government, which would tear down
and destroy with no provision for rebuilding.
The assassin stood for anarchy, pure and sim
ple, and he has sat at the feet of far abler
minds, who to-finv. In this nnd other cour.trii s,
teach the doctrines of anarchy and murder.
NEWARK PASTORS' STRONG WORDS.
ALL PRAISE M'KINLEY AND SAY THE LIMIT
i
OF TOLERATION OF ANARCHISTS
HAS BEEN REACHED.
At all the church services In Newark yesterday
the death of President McKinley was the uppermost
thought and was referred to In the pulpit dis
courses. At the morning and evening services It
was observed that the. attendance was unusually
large. An unwonted seriousness was apparent on
all faces. In many churches there was black
drapery. Ir: the music used the hymns that are
known to have been the favorites of the President
were sung, and congregations were deeply stirred
with emotion, men and women weeping. Preachers
broke down with deep feeling In the midst of their
sermons while speaking of the late President, while
sobs were heard all over the church.
In the Roman Catholic churches special prayers
were mM, At St. Patrick's Cathedral, Monstgnor
Deans drew suggestive lessons from the great
tragedy mid paid a high tribute to the character of
the President and his services to his country. The
Rev. Henry R. Rose, of the Church of the Re
deemer, said:
In some future day the true proportions of Wil
liam McKlnley's magnificent stature, will be dis
cerned and his nation will proudly accord him a
place side by side with Washington and Lincoln.
The Rev. William H. Corgan. of the Central
Methodist Episcopal Church, said:
All will agree that he hnd problems to meet and
responsibilities to carry of a crav-r nature than
has fallen to tin- lot of his predecessors since the
days of Lincoln's administration. Fie met these
problem* and solved them in the spirit of broad
Christian statesmanship.
The Rev. Joseph Leucht. rabbi of the Jewish
Temple. said In his discourse Saturday:
If we survey the whole list of McKlnley's prede
cessors In the exalted station wo shall not find a
man In It more completely typical of the manhood
of the nation.
There was a unanimity of opinion In all the pul
pit discourses that the limit of toleration of an
archy and anarchists hnd now been reached and
that the law must grapple with them for the sal
vation of society, the first requisite being the
amendment of the immigration laws to keep crim
inal classes from coming to this country.
PBEAOHKBfI DENOUNCE ANARCHISTS.
AM. THE PATERSON PASTORS URGE LEGIS
LATIVE RESTRAINTS UPON THEM.
Paterson. N. J.. Sept. 15 (Special).— The. services
In all the churches here to-day were marked with
a fervor seldom witnessed. Tho death of the Presi
dent was the theme of all the sermons and the
prayers. Tho unusual number of men In the
churches was noted by all the preachers, who
thought that an outburst of patriotism canoed the
men to turn out to testify their feeling on such an
occasion. The pulpits in many churches were
draped In black, and some In Mack and white.
Both In the morning anil In the evening the services
wen- practically funeral rites. The ministers all
spoke with the greatest emotion, and the hearers
were frequently unable to repress their feelinsrs.
In all the churches there wero some who were
overcome as the preacher told of the many virtues
of the PreshKut and the diabolical manner of his
assassination. All the i>r-achers denounced tho
anarchists and urged legislative restraints upon
them.
PRATBRfI IN im SALVATION' ABUT.
At tbe Salvatimi Army headquarters in West
Fourti?onth-st. the services yesterday were- con
ducted by Brigadier Annie Osborne. Rrijjadler Os
borne referred to President McKlnloy'.s death,
thanktag (Jod for the calm t'hristiaij spirit In which
he met his end. She' pniye.l that Mrs. McK.inl,;y
might he sustained In her great trliU. and sh
especially asked that every on<> present woniil unite
In silent prayer for the bereaved wife. "Nearer My
God, to Thee" was then suiiK- Al the ptatM me.-t
ing in the afternoon Staff Captain Anna Hull, who
presided, offered a special prayer Cor Mrs. M--
Kml.y.
NEWPORT PAYS TRIBUTE.
[hv r.iiiixiii to thk TRIBUNE.]
Newport, R. 1., Sept. 15.— T0-day was observed
in all the churches here in commemoration or
the dead President. At St. Mary's Roman
Catholic Church, Bishop Henry P. Northrop, of
Charleston, preached. Born In the South and hav
ing formed political opinions opposed to those of
the dead President, the Bishop paid a tribute to
his qualities as a statesman and President, and
particularly to the domestic side of the President's
life. The Bishop likened the President's deathbed
to that of the curly Christian martyrs.
At All Saints' Memorial Chapel the Rev. C. H.
Brtnt. of St. Stephen's Church. Boston, occupied
the pulpit in the morning, and m the afternoon the
Rev. W. M Morgan-Jones. of Washington,
preached. Mr. Jones said that there was never a
man who conversed with the President five minutes
who was not thereafter a warm admirer.
Social affair.-* of every sort have been Indefinitely
postponed, and what promised to be a late Newport
season has been brought to an abrupt close.
SERVICES at OYSTER BAT.
Oyster Bay, ¦ Long Inland. Sept. 15.— 1n each of
the churches in this village to-day special services
were held in memoir of. President M"Klni-y. ?n
every one of them "Lead, Kindly Light," and
"Nearer, My God, to Thee" were sung. All of the
ministers referred to the death of the late Presi
dent in their sermons, and most of them offered
prayers for the success of the new President. In
the- Episcopal churches the regular prayers were
said. Archdeacon Henry Bryan led in the prayers.
On Thursday taere will be a memorial meeting
la the assembly room of the High School Building,
to which the entire village Is Invited. The meet
ing will be held at 2 o'clock, or whatever hour
coincides with the hour of the funeral at Canton.
Some prominent preacher will conduct the service.
On Thursday evening, In the Presbyterian Church,
there will be a memorial service, under the Joint
auspices of the Masonic, Odd Fellows and Royal
Arcanum fraternities. In this service all the local
ministers will be asked to participate.
MOURNING AT THE CAPITAL j
i - !
CLERGYMEN AT WASHINGTON SPEAK 1
ON THE NATION'S LOSS. I
i
[bt telegraph to the tribune.] . J
Washington, Sept. 15.— all the churches of
the national capital to-day the services were of
a most solemn character, and the sermons were
devoted to the nation's loss. [
The Rev. Dr. Frank Bristol, the regular pastor ;
of President McKinley's church, the Metro
politan Methodist, Is In England, and the pulpit
to-day was occupied by the Rev. W. H. Chap
man. The church, one of the largest In the city,
was crowded, many people being compelled to
stand. The Presidential pew was heavily draped
in black. Tear dimmed eyes and subdued sobs
were the visible signs of the deep emotion that
stirred the immense congregation. At the open- 1
ing of the services a special prayer was offered
by the Rev. George Leech for "her that has :
been above all others stricken, that she may be j
given grace to bear the blow, and that she may |
realize that It Is God's will and for the best." |
In his sermon Dr. Chapman reviewed the week
of hope ending with fear and finally with the
death of the President. He chose for his text ,
the words "Judith mourneth," from ¦ Jeremiah
xiv, 2. He said in part:
The nation greatly honored Itself in the elec
tion of William McKinley to direct its affairs.
His administration was a blessing to the coun
try. A recognition of this fact have we in his
being chosen by the people for a second term.
tinder his administration a great prosperity has •
come to the country in all of its sections, a pros
perity which continues. Een those who disagreed
with him in his policy accorded to him honesty
in the course he pursued and regarded him ever
as a man of honor and high Integrity. He did
nothing that his Judgment and conscience failed
to approve. No safer, purer man that William
McKinley has ever presided over the great re- i
public, and none more admired than he. He was
endowed with the highest and noblest virtues,
that lent dignity and force to his character and
moral bearing: to his life. He was a Christian I
gentleman and exemplified In his daily life the '
sublime principles of Christianity and their wis- '
dom and excellence. He left behind him to
kindred and country a rich legacy of splendid
character and unsullied record; a Christian ex
ample of a life that says to others: "This Is the '
way, walk ye in It." and the way that leads to
moral wealth, which Is above all material
wealth, and leads at last to heaven and to God.
The Rev. Samuel D. Paine. Past Grand Chap
lain of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a I
member of the same Loyal Legion commandery '
with President McKinley, offered the concluding
prayer. He asked for divine aid In the framing
of laws for the nation that shall make such
crimes as the murder of the President impos- .
sible.
At the Church of the Covenant, the place of I
worship of Benjamin Harrison, James G. Blalne.
and flohn Hay, and from which General Lawton ',
was buried, the pulpit was filled by the Rev. Dr.
James M. Ludlow, pastor of Munn Avenue Pres
byterian Church, of East Orange, N. J.. who,
preaching from the text. Psalms, xcvii, 1, "The
Lord reigneth," said:
Thirty-seven years a*o our nation stood over i
the prostrate form of Abraham Lincoln; a whole
people stricken with a mighty sadness; tossed
with contending passions of grief and fright
and vengeance. Then rose a man majestic as a i
prophet. His voice sounded across the conti- I
nent: "God reigns, and the government at Wash
ington still lives." Sixteen years later James
A. Garfleld was himself to fall by the hand of I
the assassin. Then by his bier the nation heard
again the great text. His lips did not move,
but their silence articulated the saying in the
popular memory, where It ever lingers.
We had a national prophetess in those days.
The mother of Garfleld bowed broken hearted
over her stricken son, all womanhood in the
cry, "Now I have nothing to live for!" quickly
adding, "But God knows best." And now we
have a new martyr prophet. The mantle of
Lincoln and Garfleld, bloodstained but radiant,
has fallen on William McKinley. In the last
moment, when death's dart, so mysteriously !
and cruelly started, had almost silenced the I
brave heart, he gave this message to the coun
try: "It is God' 3 way. His will be done, not |
ours." Calaphas, with the gift of the high !
priest's prophetic spirit upon him, said, "It i
is expedient that one man should li- 1 for the
people." Be sure, friends, that our President's
suffering in some way enters into the problem
of our nation's redemption from pressing evils
It was so with Lincoln's suffering. Across that
"bloody chasm" the N'or'h and South were
stretching their hands, and the spirit of Lin
coln wedded them in divorceless alliance. Gar
field's suffering for a long time silenced the
greedy strife of factions, and the whole nation
stepped to a higher plane from his grave.
The greatest evil of our day is the discontent
of classes', voiced naturally, perhaps rightfully,
by labor leaders. It is a dangerous condition.
The hour calls for calmest business vision,
social study, and the restraining Influence of
fraternity. Beneath the debaters is a mass of !
ignorant, over-amaltramlzed. fierce tempered ;
humanity which listens but cannot understand.
Labor and capital should guard our debate, i
for the fool is near. Go to Ellis Island when a j
ship unloads its human freight. Look at the ill
balanced heads, the bestial or semi-idiotic
faces, the badly born sediment of European
population, sloughing off on our shores. Our
mining camp and manufacturing town are
dumping grounds, and. worse, In our greatest
cities are political organizations which are but
training schools for the perversion of civil gov
ernment from the purposes of safety and prog
rses to those of greed. and lust, crime and an
archy: and yet the American citizen is unroused
to the tremendous hazard. That is the meaning
of the, fact that the criminal classes of New-
York pay annually one hundred times as much
for their protection as th- capitalists and mer
chants are willing to contribute for reform.
Was that shot at Buffalo needed to awaken the
people? It sounded like an accidental discharge
of one of the bombs in a whole magazine of i
practical anarchism beneath our feet.
One other consideration. Owl of this horror
emerges something of wondrous beauty, like a
grand mountain top through the clouds which
have wrapped Its side. It Is the character of a
man. McKinley Is now the nation's beloved.
His life, his work, will by force of circumstances
become the study of history. It is a grand thing
to be able to say to the generations. Behold not
only the great, the devoted, but the good man —
ii pure soul gleaming through th£ evident vir
tues of his outer life; the embodiment of per
sonal honesty, delicate sense of honor, dignity |
combineil with self-abnegation, the illustrator !
of domestic fidelity and affection, wearing that |
crown which no nation could have set upon his
brow, the crown of his own humble discipline
ship of the all-crowned Jesus.
I
The Rev. Dr. Donald C. McLeod. Talma
successor, pastor of the First. Presbyterran I
Church, which Mr. . Cleveland attended when
President, devoted his entire sermon to the life
and character of the martyred President. His
text was. "Know ye not that there Is a prince !
and a great man fallen this day In Israel?" He :
said In part:
It is particularly and eminently fitting we ¦
should be absorbed in the duties of our Presi- I
dent. We would be stone and beasts, not men, :
should we refuse to offer the sacrifice of tear- i
ful eyes and bleeding hearts on the nation's
altar in this pathetic crisis in our history. A
dark cloud hangs over our nation. The blow
directed at the President has stunned us all.
We are overcome with sorrow. The richest an.l
most fragrant flower in the political garden has j
fallen before the poisonous blast. The prince of j
the rulers of the earth has fallen before the bul- f
let of the bloodthirsty anarchist. |
Any words I can command are weak to por- [
tray the manifold and sterling attributes of the t
character of William McKinley, the prince and
great man who has fallen In Israel. In coming
generations no purely historical character will
impart more hope and Inspiration for goodness j
and greatness to the student of biography than I
the life of our martyred President. A halo of j
glory will surround his name upon the pages of j
history that time cannot efface nor the clouds :
and tempests of future crises dim, nor the i
splendor of future conquests overshadow. That }
halo will be a guiding light to many tossed upon ¦
the bosom of life's dangerous sea, guiding them I
to the haven of safety to which the martyred
soul passed so beautifully early yesterday '
.morning. ¦ ,
The Rev. Dr. Alexander Mackay-Smith. rector
of St. John's Episcopal Church, across Lafay
ette Square from the. White House, announced
the death of the President at the beginning of
the service this morning. He said in part:
On this sad Sabbath morning it becomes my
duty to announce to you the death of our
beloved President — the President whom we all
knew and loved so well. Here In Washington
he was known to us. not as the statesman, not
so much as tbe President of the United States.
as he was known in other cities, but personally*
as a man. a friend and a gentleman.* There wag :
no feeling or />entiment for vengeance against
the miserable human being to whom this over» .
whelming loss of ours is due. There Is no de
sire for revenge. There is almost no thought
of the punishment which is to be meted out to.'S
him. Our loss is too keen, too great for that.
The death of President McKinley has come, not I
as the result of violence at the hands of a man.,
but as an art of nature, an inevitable occur- V
rence, to which we bow our heads in mute ac- | j
ceptance, knowing that God in his infinite mercy i
and tenderness will provide and care for us still.
The death of our beloved President does not 1
seem to have been caused by the hands of a ';;!
miserable man. It is too deep, too awful, too
sad. too mysterious. It Is rather the bolt of
lightning from out the blue The nation mourns,
saddened and sorrowful, but not as the people:*!
of other nations might mourn for the loss of : j
their ruler. We mourn not because Mr. McKln- .
ley was our ruler, hut because we loved him —
our grief Is a great, overwhelming sorrow. W«
are proud of our country and of our laws, and !
we know that although the head of our "State
has been removed from this life almost within
the passage of an instant, our Institutions are
secure, ocr peace is assured, and we are in no f
danger. We have no fear of discord or strife — !
no danger threatens us from without or within.
At St. Patrick's, one or the largest Roman f
Catholic churches in Washington, the congrega
tion was in tears during most of the delivery of '
the sermon by the Rev. Father Stafford. At
both services the priest preached feelingly o» -.;
the beautiful and grand character of the mar
tyred President.
In the course of the morning sermon Fathet? 1 7
Stafford said:
After we shall have recovered somewhat from
the anguish of heart caused '... the sad fata .
that has taken our beloved President from us.*' •
. this country will have to consider .i very serious
problem. At the present time our minds are
so greatly overcome by the calamity that has;
befallen us that we cannot think of anything"
else. The bullet that shot him down pierced
the heart of every loyal citizen: the blow that
was struck at the President was struck at us,
was aimed at our laws, at organized society, and
at our peace and happiness. Civilization has
suffered a setback at the hands of the assassin*
Organized society must take measures against
lawlessness, and proceedings must be instituted
forthwith to eradicate lawlessness and anarchy.
The Rev. Dr. C. N. Luccock, at th- Metro
politan Presbyterian Church, on Capitol Hill.
preached on the "Divine Derision of Anarchy," .
taking as his text Psalms ii, 4— "The Lord shall ,¦
hold them in derision." Dr. Luccock said la ¦
part:
The President's attitude upon receiving the
assassin's bullet was one of scorn: no exclama
tion of hate, fear or pain escaped him. From - '
the altitude of his lofty personality he looked 1
down in contempt upon the one who sought tot
kill his body. Such scorn of anarchy is the
attitude of the God in whom McKinley trusted,. -
and is born of a realization of the utter In-!
effectuality of anarchy when opposed to the, -
Divine law. Anarchy is doomed because It IS' .
in Its last analysis a revolt against the infinite^
The influence and personality of President Mc-
Kinley are forever fastened In the memory of, j'
the nation by the hand of the assassin. Thus j
anarchy defeats Its own end, and becomes an
object of derision to God and man. -
- The Rev. F. D. Power, who conducted th« ¦
services over the body of President Garfleld iiM .
the rotunda of the Capitol twenty years ago»1
preached at the Vermont Avenue Christian j
Church on the words of Christ to Peter in th»l
garden of Gethsemane: "The cup which my
Father gave me, shall I not drink it?" He said
in part:
Our beloved Christian President, in the terribl^
moment when the blow was struck, said. "Dai
him no harm. He does not know what he'
is doing." How true and wise and just and}
i Christlike! And when he resigned himself to*
the faithful surgeons with that faith and ma-,
Jestlc courage and magnificent simplicity that
marked his character of life throughout, he saidr i
"Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed ba*
Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will bed
I done." and passed into unconsciousness withy
those last words on his lips. Hear him. as all
the glory of this world fades above his vision
and the gates of th- unseen are swinging wlde^
when he breathed the hymn. "Nearer, my God, <
to Thee nearer to Thee." Hear him as th»
last farewell is taken: "It is God's way. Hl»l
I 1I 1 will be done." How he speaks to the natlont;
will he done." How h- speaks to the natlonl
How he speaks to the ages! God holds the cup,,
and the draught Is wholesome an.l needful. God'
1 help us to be ready, as he was! "Death is %i
i friend of ours, and we must be ever ready to en»!
terrain him. God make us strong in Him wh<f
saidT "I am the resurrection ... the life."
The following resolutions were adopted by th» (
board of the Metropolitan Church to-day:
Enshrouded in darkness of shadows of the
awful tragedy which has removed from us ou»v
beloved President. William McKinley, and alto-.
gether unable to penetrate the mystery of .thai
dire event, we nevertheless bow in submission to|
the Divine will, and pray Cor our stricken anil'
altlicte.l church and country.
It has been our privilege to enjoy a church
fellowship with this first citizen of the republic ¦
during the memorable period wherein he has so ,
I acceptably and successfully guided the ship of
! state, and we have noted the regularity and con- .
stancy of his devotion to the sanctuary on th»*
Lord's Day. and the humble and unaffected de
i meaner with which he Joyfully united with us in!
the services, publicly acknowledging and hon
oring his Lord and Master.
Early In life becoming a member of our com
munion. he served at his home as office bearer,
in the Sabbath school and church, and after'
coming to the capital city, in th- midst of hfsj
public labors, he .•! inclination and found time!
to perform his duties as a member of the church^
of his youthful choice.
The natural gifts which made him conspicu
ous and popular ere evidently mellowed and
sanctified by the graces of the spirit, and thus
he easily won and retained the favor of all with,
whom he came in contact. Strong in faith, rich
in hope and full of charity, he has "fought a.
good fight." We are not surprised to leajrn that;
he gloriously finished his course, declaring In the
very valley of the shadow of death that It was
"God's way: let His -v ill be done." and that he
I treatht-d out his magnanimous soul prayerfully
chanting a hymn of the church. "Nearer, my
Co ,1. to Thee." .
His example as a humble and . consistent
Christian will ever be among our most cherished,
recollections. W- have also been deeply touched J
: with his exhibition of tender affection for his de
voted wife, and in this hour of her deep distress ;
we commend her in our prayers to the God of*
all grace, who is "too wise to err. and too good*'
to be unkind."
RUNAWAY (URL TAKES HOVE. '
Violet Lockewood. fourteen years old. of >."•->. 221
Cathedral-st.. Baltimore, who ran away from hone
rather than attend a convent school to which her ¦ ;
parents wished to send her. arrived in Jersey City;
last night by the Pennsylvania Railroad. A relative
who had preceded her was ln wailing with a de-{
tective, her arrival having been anticipated. She- !
was taken back to Baltimore In the next southern'
tra'n BSCffB
Steinway
& Sons
beg to announce that
- they have opened for
the convenience of
their patrons
Retail Warerooms
at
Windsor Arcade
Fifth Avenue,
Corner 46th Street.
in addition to their
present "toarerooms at
STEINWAY HALL,
• 109 E. 14th St
« NEW YORK CITY.
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